More Than Stretching – Yoga is helping teens with stress and anxiety. When I began teaching yoga in 2013 I noticed the conspicuous absence of youth involvement. Since then yoga has gained popularity among people of different ages and abilities. The increased interest in this ancient practice may be due to the fact that yoga can calm the mind and increase overall health and well-being. I was in my late teenage years when I began the practice of

Before sharing my personal experience on keeping a gratitude journal, I would like to briefly talk about what gratitude is and the benefits of expressing gratitude. So what is gratitude anyway? Gratitude is an emotion expressing appreciation for what one already has, as opposed to, for example, a consumer-driven emphasis on what one wants. Benedictine monk, Br. David Steindl-Rast, underlines two qualities with regards to gratitude: – Appreciation – you recognize that something is valuable

Yoga suits every body You probably heard many times that yoga is for everybody. There are many different styles of yoga that offer a wide variety of techniques. I believe regardless of your circumstances, you can find a suitable practice. The techniques used in yoga range from simple Pranayama exercises – breath control – to an advanced Asana sessions. Depending on your health, physical fitness and mood, you may choose to go with a breathing

It is not such a simple task to define the term ‘stress’. As a matter of fact, there is no single definition of the term stress. However, if you are looking for stress management techniques, understanding stress itself can be very helpful in choosing a strategy right for your. Stress is a process caused by the inside or outside world stressful stimuli. Stressors could be emotional (worry over your family), as well as physical

Water quality. The human body is constituted of roughly 50-75% water. This substance covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, and all known life is contingent on the precondition that water is present in a given environment. Without water, there is no life to begin with; and without the presence of water, life cannot abide. Yes, this substance may be readily available to us, available from many sources, drinkable, and essentially everywhere we go

In this article we will address the Philosophy of Eating. In upcoming articles on this site, we will further address the encouragement of salubrious digestive function, as digestive health is a point of great contention for many in this here and now, day and age. For now, I would like to focus simply on the act of mindful eating. Food is central to every one of our lives. It is the very stuff that